Seal.



W. M. BROOKS.

SEAL.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15. 1916.

1,186,508. Patented June 6,1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

WINFRED ivmnen BROOKS, OF EAST OREAN'GE, N W JERSEY, nssielv'ora To B. a. isnooKs & 00., or New YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

SEAL.

Specification of Letters Tatent.

Patented'JuneB; 1916.

Application tiled March 15, 1916. Serial No. 8 1,423.

To all [Mom "[2? may concern: v

Be it known that I, WINFRED MUDGE BROOKS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of East Orange, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seals, as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

This invention relates to wire seals adapted to be fastened or sealed by means of a light weight hand press or suitable tool and of a character that any attempt to tamper therewith after sealing will result in a mutilation thereof and detection.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple wire seal capable of being quickly applied and effectively sealed and consists of the several novel features hereinafter more particularly described.

()ne sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof, in which like reference characters denote like parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a face view of an unfinished seal showing the weakening nicks o in the end 0; Fig. 2 is a face view of a finished seal showing the secondary sealed loop (Z secured by the locking coil made with the end 0 with the nicks 21 (Fig. 1) on the inner.

side thereof; Fig. 3 is a face view of the seal after sealing; Fig. 4 is an end or top view of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a face view of a modified type; Fig. 6 is a face view of type of Fig. 5 sealed; Fig. 7 is an end view of a seal ready for sealing.

Referring to the drawing, a primary loop of wire a adapted to be passed through the staple or other fastening means to be sealed and having its sides flattened and embossed as at m m is provided at one end 0 with transverse cut nicks v which may be disposed closely as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 or placed at the inner sides of the three bends of a slight crimp b as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The other end 0 of the primary loop a is provided with a secondary loop (Z perpendicular thereto and formed by bending back that end into that form and secured by a locking coil e having transverse cut nicks o in its inner side. The end 0 is adapted to be passed through the sealed loop (Z and then bent at and toward the transverse nicks '12 either by further bending or closing up the preliminary crimp b in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 or by merely bending and coiling about the 6X: tremity of the end 0 as in Figs. 5 and 6,

The seal as itleaves the factory is in the form shown in Fig. 2 and in operation the primary loop a is passed through the staples or other fastening means to be sealed, the end 0 of the seal is passed through the sealed secondary loop d and then further crimped by means of a hand press into shape shown in Fig. 3 or bent and tooled about the extremity of the end 0 as shown in Fig. 6. In either case the withdrawal of said end through the sealed loop is made impossible as any attempt to straighten it sufliciently willresult in fracturing it where nicked.

In this improved seal it will be noted that i the locking coil of the sealed secondary loop 1s machlne coiled assuring a perfectly tight 7 coil having the weakening nicks properly located on the inner side, while the press crimping of the already slightly crimped and nicked end in the sealing operation assures the proper bending of the wire to produce a fracture upon any attempt to tamper therewith.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim 1. A tool fastened seal of wire, having in combination a primary loop provided at one end with a sealed secondary loop and at the other end with a slight crimp, said crimped end being adapted to be passed through the sealed secondary loop and further crimped by tool so as to prevent its retraction through said secondary loop and means to prevent the undetected removal or straight-' en ing out of said withdrawal preventing crlmp.

2. A tool fastened seal of wire, having in combination a primary loop, a secondary loop formed on one end thereof by bending back the wire and securing with a locking coil, said locking coil having transverse cut nicks on its inner face, a. crimp in the other end of the primary loop having transverse cut nicks on the inner side of each bend thereof, said crimped end being adapted to pass through said secondary sealed loop and to be further crimped by tool so as to prevent its withdrawal therefrom.

3. A tool fastened seal of wire comprising a primary loop having a sealed secondary loop near one end in a plane perpendicular to that of the primary loop and the other end provided with transverse cut nicks, said nicked end being adapted to be passed through said sealed loop and tool bent at and toward said nicks to prevent its withdrawal through said loop.

4:. A tool fastened seal of Wire comprising a primary loop having a secondary loop near one end in a plane perpendicular to that of the primary loop, said secondary loop being sealed by having transverse cut nicks on the inner side of a binding coil by Which it is secured and the other end of said primary loop having transverse cut nicks 1:)

and adapted to be passed through said sealed loop and tool bent at and toward said nicks so as to prevent its Withdrawal therefrom.

WINFRED MU DGE BROOKS.

Witnesses:

MoRRIs MIoHELsoN, ROSSLYN JAMOUNEAU.

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